Sunday, September 03, 2006

Witches call up magic in Mexico's Los Tuxtlas
Hexes and blessings are muttered in the same breath where witchcraft is a way of life
By DAI HUYNH
Houston Chronicle

CATEMACO, Mexico - The witch is cloaked in a black gown with a Chinese yin-and-yang sign, representing the moon and sun. Dark and light.

Through lace curtains, a shaft of light casts an eerie glow onto the altar. A spindly, wooden red devil dominates the table, towering over the potbellied Hindu elephant deity Lord Ganesha and statuettes of Merlin, Buddha and Shiva.

This is the room where Ignacio Cobix casts spells of life and death, love and spite.
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